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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Patricia of Jesus, Sr., D.C.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1951-1955

Volume: 19 item(s); 50 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Sr. Patricia of Jesus writes from a Carmelite monastery in New York.

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Related Information and Links

See also the "Wasserman, Anita of Jesus" file.

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If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1951/01/28 TLSto MertonThe very best gift I offered the Infant Jesus on Christmas morning this year was the sacrifice   
 1951/05/17 HLSto MertonDuring the past month, we have been reading and rereading your conferences, and on more than one   
 1951/07/09 TALSto MertonYour letter and challenge reached us at a most propitious moment, just as we were about to enter our   
 1951/08/30 TALSto MertonThis letter would have gone to you today even if your own letter to Rev. Mother had not reached us   
 1951/10/07 TLSto Merton"Thomas, thou hast written well of Me!".... The ASCENT TO TRUTH was not even two days old when   
 1951/10/17 (#01)TALSto MertonPlease do not blame the 'ordinary' mail for the delay in sending Sr. Elizabeth's and Peggy Madden's   
 1951/10/17 (#02)other[x]to MertonCarmelites schedule-- [-] Winter [-] 6-7 Mental prayer [-] in com. [-] 7 can hours day   
 1951/10/28 TALSto MertonRev. Mother wants me to answer the questions in your last letter. I will try to be concise although   
 1952/no/no? (#01)HLSto MertonSurgery was, indeed, in order, but not on the foot!   
 1952/no/no? (#02)HNSto MertonThese are not the relics I promised to  [also includes holy cards for "The Carmelites of Guadalajara" (Spanish nuns killed by Communists in 1936) and for Sr. Elizabeth of the Trinity (Elisabeth de la Trinité), and a piece of cloth that touched Sr. Elisabeth de la Trinité]
 1953/02/13 TLSto MertonYour letter reached us on January 27, and then the SIGN OF JONAS came on Feb. 2. (No need to tell   
 1953/06/12 TALSto MertonYou received my last letter just before Lent, and I really expected no answer until after Easter-   
 1954/02/04 HLSto MertonAlthough I had assured you there were no strings on your Christmas billets this year,   
 1955/01/23 TALSto MertonYou know, without my telling you, how much spiritual profit I always derive from your poetry, even   
 undated/no/no HNSto MertonFather, it so happened that when you wrote asking for the leaflets the supply was low.  [includes a leaflet: "Novena in honor of the Seven Sorrows and Joys of St. Joseph"]
 undated/no/no HLSto MertonFather, you can enclose this picture in your next letter to us. Rev. M. at Williston allowed it to  [includes holy card, "True Likeness of the Most Holy Face of our Lord Jesus Christ" and black and white photograph of fellow sisters: Sr. Mary Madeleine of the Heart of Jesus (Margaret Brown), Sr. Mary Gertrude of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sally), and Sr. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrow (Peggy Madden)]
 undated/no/no HLto MertonLittle Jesus must have enjoyed it all. In our day, the best we did was to use our best penmanship   
 undated/no/no otherto MertonOù règne Jésus-Christ on voit fleurir la Paix . [-] Le rège de Jésus s'établit par la Croix .   
 undated/no/no TLto MertonRev. Mother held this letter back because she wanted to have it rewritten (for obvious reasons! she   
        

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